Other conditions decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the case due to a Joint Motion for Remand, and the Veteran needs to provide private treatment records. An examination is required to assess the nature and etiology of his sleep disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher special monthly compensation (SMC) rating based on aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound.

The Board denied entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease with lumbosacral strain, as it does not meet the schedular criteria for consideration of a TDIU.

The Veteran's abdominal condition, including diastasis recti (claimed as a GI condition), is granted secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine condition. A 60 percent rating for chemical pneumonitis with reactive airway disease is granted from November 19, 2015.

The Board has remanded the claim for additional development due to a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's thoracic outlet syndrome is related to her service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment prior to March 14, 2017.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's systemic lupus erythematosus and his service, including exposure to turbine engine fumes and in-service treatment for various illnesses.

The Board has denied service connection for peptic ulcer due to lack of a current diagnosis. The case is remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claim for gastrointestinal disability other than peptic ulcer.

The appeal is remanded for the AOJ to review additional evidence and issue a new Supplemental Statement of the Case.

The claim for service connection for spina bifida occulta was reopened as new and material evidence has been received, but the issue will be remanded for further development.

The Veteran's representative has requested that the appeal be remanded due to incomplete compliance with a previous Board directive. The case is now back at the RO for further action, including preparation of a memorandum regarding the exact date for which VA paid P. DEA benefits and consideration of education records.

The Board denied service connection for bone loss due to Depo Provera injection, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence of a causal relationship.

The Board dismissed the appeal as the appellant withdrew it through his authorized representative.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to an unanswered question regarding the dormancy/latency period of HIV in a specific sexual contact scenario. The Veteran's long-term slow progressor status is also considered.

The veteran does not have qualifying active military service for VA nonservice-connected pension benefit purposes, so his claim is denied.

The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death.

The Board has granted the Veteran's challenge to the creation of one portion of his overpayment, which was generated during his marriage to J.K.M., and denied challenges to the other portions of his overpayment.

The Board has decided that the appellant may not be recognized as a helpless child of the Veteran based on permanent incapacity for self-support prior to reaching age 18. The decision is remanded due to outstanding records from the Social Security Administration.

The Board denied a compensable rating for residuals of an orchiectomy of the left testicle as there is no functional impairment or symptomatic residuals of the right testicle.

The Veteran's bilateral hand tremors are not service-connected as they are not related to his military service or any service-connected conditions.